The State Attorney's Office announced Wednesday it won't file charges against a Milton man who stabbed his girlfriend's brother to death following an altercation in their home last month.

According to a report from the State Attorney's Office, at around 8 p.m. Oct. 9, Jennifer Taylor, her boyfriend Kevin Ford and Taylor's 8-year-old daughter were eating pizza in the living room of their home on Buggy Drive when James Macks, Taylor's brother, came through the front door carrying an aluminum bat.

Macks began yelling at Taylor about the power being disconnected, the report said, and a verbal and physical argument ensued. Macks hit Taylor with the bat several times, at which point Taylor and Ford got up and pushed Macks into the kitchen, away from the child.

Still swinging at the couple with a bat, Macks then lunged at Ford, who was backed up against the kitchen sink. Ford grabbed a kitchen knife from the counter and struck Macks once in the torso.

Taylor and Ford then pushed Macks into a hallway further away from the child, grabbed the child and ran next door to Taylor's mother's house, where they called law enforcement, according to the report.

Deputies arrived on scene and noticed bruises and marks on Taylor and Ford. They found Macks lying on his back in the hallway with an aluminum bat between his legs and a sticky black substance consistent with the wrapping on the bat on his hands. Medics tried to revive Macks, but he was pronounced dead.

Deputies interviewed Taylor, Ford and the child, who all had consistent stories about what had occurred, the report said. Taylor and Macks' mother also told deputies she had been afraid of her son and wouldn't let him in her house. She had texts on her phone from two days prior where Macks had threatened Taylor and said, "blood's gonna be shed today there."

After an investigation, the State Attorney's Office determined that Ford was justified in using deadly force against Macks because he feared for his life, as well as the lives of his girlfriend and the young child.

The state said no charges would be filed because Ford acted within the confines of Florida law.